Farmer leader Pandher asks Centre to bring ordinance to give legal guarantee for MSP
The Hindu
Chandigarh farmer leader demands legal guarantee for MSP through ordinance ahead of fourth round of talks with Union Ministers.
Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher on February 17 demanded that the Centre should bring an ordinance on giving a legal guarantee to MSP, a key demand of farmers currently camping at the Shambhu and the Khanauri points of the Punjab-Haryana border.
The demand comes a day before the fourth round of talks between farm leaders and Union Ministers over their various demands.
"If it (Centre) brings out an ordinance, it can bring it overnight, if it wants to. If the government wants a resolution of the farmers' protest, then it should bring an ordinance with immediate effect that it will enact a law on MSP, then discussions can proceed further," Mr. Pandher told reporters at the Shambhu border.
As far as the modalities are concerned, Pandher said any ordinance has a six-month validity.
On the issue of farm debt waiver, Mr. Pandher said the government is saying that the loan amount has to be assessed. The government can collect data from banks in this regard, he said adding, "It is a question of will power."
Union Ministers Arjun Munda, Piyush Goyal and Nityanand Rai and farmer leaders will meet on Sunday for the fourth round of talks. The two sides met earlier on February 8, 12 and 15 but those talks remained inconclusive.
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